Tesla Motors is under deep investigation by regulatory authorities once again, but now the focus is on the Model X which has reportedly filed multiple reports of sensitive failures in its seat belt system.
The automotive company Elon Muskthe supposedly richest man in the world, promises to have a great year this 2023, beginning a new era in its production capacity with the opening of a Giga Factory plant in Mexican territory.
In the past, we have addressed in greater detail the political and business controversy surrounding the installation of this factory with its neighbors to the south. But once that obstacle was overcome, everything indicated that things would finally take some balance and urgent balance for the company.
But now everything seems to indicate that there could be a new problem on the horizon for Tesla Motors, due to a series of failures found in its seat belt system.
The Tesla Model X are investigated for cases of failure with the seat belt
As reported NBCNews The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, is investigating two separate alleged failures in the Tesla Model X’s seat belt mechanism.
These problems would not be related to reports of direct crashes, but there have been incidents that occurred with this part in Tesla vehicles of that model.
In it case reportpublished by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI), reports at least two cases where Model X owners claim their front seat belts did not stay attached to the anchorage system.
Both owners separately reported that the separation occurred in the year 2023 and this 2023, while they were driving their Tesla trucks.
The regulator’s own report concludes that the anchoring system has problems since the assembly process required by this component was not complied with, so that the resistance of the anchorage would be minimal. The delicate issue here is that a batch of up to 50,000 cars could be affected by this bug.
It is the second time that there have been problems with seat belts, last year 2022 he still had to withdraw 24 thousand units of the Tesla Model 3 from the market due to a similar problem but in the rear seat parts.